What does owing mean?
Definitions for owing
ˈoʊ ɪŋow·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
outstanding, owing(p), undischargedadjective
owed as a debt
"outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"
Wiktionary
owingadjective
Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
These seven subscriptions remain owing.
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Owing refers to having a moral, legal, or financial obligation or debt that must be paid or fulfilled. It's something that one is bound to pay or perform as a result of a transaction, contract, law, or moral duty. It can also refer to a state of being in debt or under obligation to someone or something.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Owing
ō′ing, adj. due: that has to be paid (to): happening as a consequence of: imputable to.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of owing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of owing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of owing in a Sentence
I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.
Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Seventh, Chapter 2:
I feel how little she can like being told of her owing me anything. No woman ever enjoys such an obligation to another woman.
If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.
Paris in France is the highest-ranked city to have seen a deterioration in its stability score, owing to the ongoing anti-government gilets jaunes protests that began in late 2018.
What would alleviate those concerns would be available long-term contracts at reasonable prices, with some guarantee on future deliveries owing to the source of supply.
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- مديونArabic
- חיבHebrew
- devidoPortuguese
- SOM SKALL BETALASSwedish
- 亏欠的Chinese
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